Richmond Events’ latest business panel report on employee engagement is now available. Headline findings include –

82% of the panel feel employee engagement is essential within their organisation, with a further 15% feeling it’s nice to have.

Only 70% of the panel say their organisations actually measure employee engagement. A worrying 4% are unsure if they do or not…

The panel feel that levels of employee engagement are higher within their department than they are for their organisation as a whole.

50% of the panel feel that engagement levels have increased within their organisations’ over the past 3 years.

The most popular measurement tools for employee engagement are questionnaires and appraisals. However, only 4% of the panel feel engagement questionnaires completely reflect the true feelings of their organisation.

The two most important factors in terms of employee engagement are good line management and a good leadership team.

The two areas needing most improvement are good line management and a good leadership team!